No 20-mile runs or traditional 3-week taper in this training cycle. Here are Coach's notes for this week:

Monday--4 very easy/6 stridesTuesday-6 mile run steady paceWednesday-easy 14 /pick up the last 7 miles at marathon paceThursday-easy 6 miles/6 strides, Cross Training for 1hr or restFriday-easy 6 miles/6 stridesSaturday- 5kcc Race-10 amSunday-easy 10Mileage-52Guess I better add the race to that thread. He's the race director.

Here's what I actually did:

Monday..............................4.36 as planned

Tuesday............................6 as planned

Wednesday........12 with 5 @9:45 and a cool-down walk

Thursday..............5.84 easy

Friday....................3.46 easy

Saturday...............6.5 with warm up & cool down-won my AG

Sunday..............easy 10 & felt great!

Total............48.2

"We are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good." Vince Lombardi